All news about Brexit during the past week. We await the news of the parliamentary vote on Saturday on the agreement between the UK government and the European Union.

Boris Johnson and EU strike ‘fair and balanced agreement’ for UK’s exit from the bloc. From Evening Standard.

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Boris Johnson’s government has set out “ambitious” policies on crime, health, the environment and Brexit in a Queen’s Speech that opposition parties have dismissed as an “election manifesto”. From BBC.

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Boris Johnson is in a race against time to sell the Brexit deal he has struck with the EU to MPs ahead of a Commons vote on Saturday. From BBC.

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Boris Johnson will write a letter to the EU asking for a delay to Brexit beyond 31 October if he fails to get an exit deal approved by parliament by Saturday, the Brexit secretary has confirmed. From Sky News.

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Brexit: Boris Johnson’s hard line on immigrants risks ‘retaliatory deportations’ for UK citizens in Europe. From Independent.

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Theresa May has criticised Boris Johnson’s immigration policy, warning that introducing a points-based system for prospective migrants is “not an answer to controlling immigration”. From Independent.

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Furaha Asani, a young academic at Leicester University, was shocked when her visa application was rejected in August. But real fear set in when she realised Britain plans to deport her in three weeks’ time to the Democratic Republic of Congo – a war-torn country she has never visited and where the Home Office agrees sexual violence is pervasive. From The Guardian.

A trainee doctor who has spent more than half her life in the UK says she has received a letter giving her a week to leave the country or face deportation. From Sky News.

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Oxford professor’s children refused visas to join her in UK. US family split as Home Office makes it increasingly difficult for overseas academics to work in UK universities. From The Guardian.

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A PhD student carrying out pioneering research into prostate cancer is facing jail in the UK because of an administrative error on her visa application. From Independent.

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The European Union is “open but not convinced” by the UK PM’s new proposals for a Brexit deal. From BBC.

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Government documents submitted to the Court of Session say the prime minister will send a letter asking for an extension to article 50 – despite Mr Johnson’s repeated insistence that he will never delay Brexit. From Independent.